Abstract In the Critique of Teleological Judgment, Kant endorses a distinct model of causal explanation. He claims that we explain natural wholes as the causal effect of their parts and the forces governing them, i. e., we explain mechanistically or following the analytic-synthetic method of modern science. According to McLaughlin’s influential interpretation, Kant endorses in this, without argument, the predominant scientific method of his time. The text suggests, however, that we explain mechanistically according to the constitution of our discursive understanding. The paper attempts to reconstruct the argument establishing this claim.

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康德关于因果解释的分析综合或机理模型

摘要康德在《目的论批判》中赞同一种独特的因果解释模型。他声称，我们将自然整体解释为它们的各个部分及其支配力的因果关系，即，我们以机械方式进行解释，或者遵循现代科学的分析综合方法。根据麦克劳克林（McLaughlin）的有影响力的解释，康德（Kant）毫无争议地赞同了他那个时代的主要科学方法。然而，文字表明，我们根据话语理解的构成来机械地解释。本文试图重建建立这一主张的论点。